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Internal Control Adoption and Self-Assessment Toolkit

ICF04

Provides tools for control self-assessment, control-owner attestations, issue tracking, management review and periodic refresh of the internal control framework.

What changes

Improved ongoing control monitoring, earlier identification of control breakdowns and stronger sustainability of the control framework.

What you get

Control self-assessment toolkit and cycle ICF011
Control-owner attestation form ICF012
Control issue and remediation tracker ICF013
Management review and framework refresh template ICF014

What has to come first

ICF01Internal Control Framework Design Recommended

The control framework this keeps alive
ICF02 and ICF03 Recommended

The risk and control matrix and process controls the self-assessment checks
NAHNeeds Assessment Report - National Head Quarters or NABNeeds Assessment Report - Branch/District Recommended

Needs assessment that frames control maturity

Who is involved

From the National Society's side. This is what the engagement asks of your people.

Your own staff work alongside the adviser throughout, so this is a commitment of their time as well as the Centre's. Ask in the request and you are given the day estimate per role before anything is signed.

Role	What they do
HNS Finance Director	Owns the control framework upkeep
HNS control owners across finance	Attest and self-assess
HNS Secretary General and senior management	Review results
HNS Board / Audit & Risk Committee	Oversight of control health
HNS internal audit function	Uses self-assessment to focus testing, where it exists
GFDC delivery team	Drafts and advises

How it is measured

Indicator	Target	Evidence
Self-assessment toolkit approved and first cycle run	Within 7 weeks of kick-off	Approval record; first self-assessment results
Control owners completing attestations each cycle	100% of control owners	Attestation forms
Self-assessment exceptions with remediation owner and date	100% of exceptions	Issue and remediation tracker
Management review of results each cycle	Every cycle	Management review record

Tools

4 of 4 ready to download.

ICF011 Control self-assessment toolkit and cycle Template DOCX
ICF012 Control-owner attestation form Template DOCX
ICF013 Control issue and remediation tracker Template XLSX
ICF014 Management review and framework refresh template Template DOCX

Standards

COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework
COSO Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework
IFAC guidance on internal control

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Code: ICF04
Tier: Sustainability
Outcome area: 3 · Internal controls, policies, procedures and process effectiveness
Deliverables: 4
Tools: 4 of 4

Comes before

1 service names this one as a prerequisite.

T08Training on Revised Internal Control Framework

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